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Brother HL-2170W Network User's Guide

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NETWORK USER'S GUIDE
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Network printing from Windows

®

: basic TCP/IP Peer-to-Peer printing

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g

Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Select the 
appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on 
the CD-ROM then select the 

Have Disk

 option to browse to the CD-ROM. 

h

For example, select the “X:\\install\your language\PCL\win2kxpvista

1

” folder (where X is your drive 

letter). Click 

Open

.

1

“winxpx64vista64” folder for 64-bit OS users

i

Specify a name and click 

Next

.

Note

• When the 

User Account Control

 screen appears, click 

Continue

.

• If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning 

message. Click 

Install this driver software anyway

 to continue with the installation.

 

j

Continue through the Wizard clicking 

Finish

 when complete.

For Windows

®

 2000/XP and Windows Server

®

 2003

8

a

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Click the 

Start

 button and select 

Printers and Faxes

.

For Windows

®

 2000: Click the 

Start

 button, select 

Settings

 and then 

Printers

.

b

For Windows

®

 XP and Windows Server

®

 2003: Click 

Add a printer

 to start the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

For Windows

®

 2000: Double click the 

Add Printer

 icon to start the 

Add Printer Wizard

.

c

Click 

Next

 when you see the 

Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard

 screen.

d

Select 

Local printer

 and deselect the 

Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer

 

option, then click 

Next

.

e

You must now select the correct Network printing port. Select 

Create a new port

 and select 

Standard TCP/IP Port

 from the pull-down window, then click 

Next

.

f

The 

Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard

 will now appear. Click 

Next

.

g

Enter the IP address, or the node name you wish to configure. The Wizard will automatically enter the 
Port name information for you, then click 

Next

.

h

Windows

®

 2000/XP and Windows Server

®

 2003 will now contact the printer that you specified. If you did 

not specify the correct IP address or name then an error dialog will appear.

i

Click 

Finish

 to complete the Wizard.

j

Now that you have configured the port, you must specify which printer driver you wish to use. Select the 
appropriate driver from the list of supported printers. If you are using a driver supplied with the printer on 
the CD-ROM then select the 

Have Disk

 option to browse to the CD-ROM. 

k

For example, select the “X:\\install\your language\PCL\win2kxpvista

1

” folder (where X is your drive 

letter). Click 

Open

.

1

“winxpx64vista64” folder for 64-bit OS users

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  • When the User Account Control screen appears, click Continue .
  • If the printer driver that you are installing does not have a Digital Certificate you will see a warning message.

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